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I'm getting frustrated with troubleshooting this problem, Please help. There is no sound from my Dell E510 and I've checked just about everything. I recently had to re-install Windows XP from the dell recovery disk and sense then, silence.When I go to the control panel-sound devices, the 1st panel under sound devices say's there are no sound devices. I don't have a separate sound card, just the integrated sound from the MB. I've checked the volume control and there is nothing muted. It's as if the hardware fell of the MB. I hope you can give me some advise?
Thank-you, Steve

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Let’s say you notice that you don’t have a sound icon in your tray, but yesterday you did. You might think, it should be on startup because it usually automatically there. What should you do? If your thinking “check Google!” you’re right, but what would you Google? What keywords would you pick to find your problem? Why would you even care to go to Google.com to check why you’re having this problem on your computer? Google is a search engine; it’s a good one too. I don’t know a single computer smart person that doesn’t mainly rely on Google. I would try and use keywords like “Missing Sound Control Icon from Tray” Browser through the results and you’ll find some good ideas which you can make a solution out of.

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Here’s my step-by-step on how I fixed it:

1. Right-click My Computer and then click Manage.

2. Click Services and Applications.

3. Double-click Services.

4. In the Services list, right-click SSDP Discovery Service, and then click Properties.

5. On the General tab, in the Startup type drop-down list, click Disabled.

6. Click OK.

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(Notice Date - Month Day, Year)

(Fix Date - Month Day, Year)

Title of Issue

Cause(s)

Excluded Error(s) or Fixe(s)

Solution(s)

Cited Website

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Dear Neha,You sure that sound driver is properly installed or not.You open control panel and click on sound and device, check device volume.Double click on sound icon that show on system tray, and check balance and volume.If all things are ok you check your jack (sound port).If sound driver not installed then insert your motherboard CD and run setup/auto run/auto playSelect or check sound driver and install.Restart your pc and enjoy! email: neerajkumarsingh@hotmail.com

The right solution for puter probs is nearly always 1. Restart, or 2. Turn off and turn back on ("Cold Start"), or 3. Uninstall and reinstall whatever is giving problems.
But that's generic, and in this specific case you have a much better option, which is to do a "System Restore."
Stop, do not panic! The name is much worse than what actually happens.
Things are not wiped out, and no work that you've saved is distroyed. System Restore is not a violent operation.
What actually happens is that recent changes are undone. Which is what you want in this case because some program running, or something, has courrupted your sound system in some way. We don't care exactly what happened because Windows will restore things to an earlier point, and so fix the prob.
Or so we hope. In any case things won't be worse.
Windows XP makes a System Restore point every day, automatically. You don't know it's happening, but it is. And three (or so) of these are kept in reserve for just this sort of situation.
The trick is to get to System Restore, which is, as will all things puter, all a matter of knowing where to click.
In this case click Start (the Start button in the lower left-hand corner of your monitor screen), and then click Help and Support.
One of the options offered, will be "Undo changes to your computer with System Restore." (or similar) Click this, of course.
A dialog (a new window) appears, and what you want to do is "Restore my computer to an earlier time." (or similar) So select that and click Next.
And follow the instructions after that. Probably you want the earliest restore point available.
My final thought is to return to the subject of how things broke in the first place. Do you run an anitvirus? You must. And do you update it? Sometimes the manufactures issue updates every day, and these must be installed. An antivirus not updated is worthless.
Hope all this might be of some help.
- Al A. -